Molecular Biology of the Gene 7th Edition by Richard Losick, James Watson, Michael Levine, Tamara Baker, Alexander Gann

Exercise 5

Infection of E. coli with bacteriophage ? involves integrative recombination for the phage to enter the lysogenic state and excisive recombination for it to enter lytic growth. Does ?Int have a role in integrative recombination, excisive recombination, or both? Explain your reasoning.